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SEESAC. 2019 ‘Firearms and Ammunition Destroyed in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012-2016).’ SEESAC Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2012/2016 SALW Survey, p. 38. Belgrade: South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). 18 December

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The Ministry of Defense destroyed large quantities of unstable surplus ammunition (30) between 2014 and 2016, from 7.9 million units of ammunition in 2014 to 10.9 million units in 2016.

In 2012, the Ministry of Defence destroyed 30,081 surplus SALW.

A total of 4,045 weapons is reported to have been destroyed by the Ministry of Security between 2014-2016 with UNDP SEESAC support (31).

Table 17: Summary of SALW and SALW ammunition destruction by the Ministry of Defense, 2012-2016

Category: 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Total
Number of surplus SALW destroyed: 30,081 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 30,081
Number of surplus SALW ammunition destroyed: 0 - 0 - 7,859,166 - 6,876,904 - 10,972,296 - 25,708,366

Notes:
30) Maja Maricic, "OSCE works with Bosnia and Herzegovina to secure munitions sites", OSCE Press Release, 9 October 2013.
31) EUSAC Final Report 2014-2016 (Internal report).

[SALW = Small Arms and Light Weapons]

ID: Q16013

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